Enantioselective Synthesis of Alcohols and Amines: The Yajima Synthesis of 1,3,5-Bisabolatrien-7-ol
Aaron Aponick of the University of Florida achieved high ee in the cyclization of the allylic alcohol 1 to the lactone 2 (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 22224. DOI:…